Traffic safety

Traffic crashes are a significant source of injury burden in King County each year.

From 2014 to 2016, 291 people died in King County in a motor vehicle-related crash (average 97 people per year) and an additional 1,706 people were seriously injured (about 568 people per year.) Washington Traffic Safety Commission, July 2013

In addition to the impact on victims, families and friends, traffic crashes are costly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that traffic collision deaths cost Washington state $654 million in just one year. This does not include costs associated with serious and minor injuries.

Public Health — Seattle & King County works to prevent traffic crashes from happening and to reduce death and serious injury among people who suffer a crash.